Our Mission

The Children, Youth and Environments journal disseminates knowledge and stimulates discussion in support of inclusive and sustainable environments for children and youth everywhere.

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ABOUT

The CYE journal is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, online journal, highlighting the physical environments where children and youth live, learn, work, and play. The journal values the capacity of children and young people to meaningfully participate in the processes that shape their lives and publishes papers from distinct viewpoints, varied approaches, and diverse cultures and regions around the world.

The journal publishes papers in the form of research articles, field reports, and book/media reviews ranging from:

• Quantitative and qualitative empirical research

• Theoretical, methodological, and historical investigations

• Critical literature reviews

• Design analyses

• Post-occupancy evaluations

• Policy studies

• Program assessments

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CYE seeks to strengthen connections between research and practice. Field reports, in particular, which reflect on lessons learned in the field and the challenging realities of practice, are of great interest to our readership. We value this contribution and remain dedicated to publishing a variety of papers. For this reason, a traditional scientometric impact factor, which is based on a count of all items published in an issue, fails to reflect the impact and influence of CYE research specifically. We are continuously considering new and innovative ways to accurately measure the impact of our research articles. We currently use Google Scholar to measure the citation impact.

Google Scholar Metrics

h-index 33

i10-index 100

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CYE has a global community and connects the worlds of research, policy, and practice

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

CYE appeared as a print journal from 1984-1995 as Children’s Environments Quarterly and Children’s Environments. In 2003, it was revived as an online journal, which now reaches readers in more than 160 countries. Readers and authors include researchers and practitioners in education, childhood studies, geography, sociology, child and youth development, child welfare, child rights advocacy, development studies, architecture, landscape design, urban design and planning. CYE is endorsed by UN-­Habitat and guided by a distinguished Editorial Advisory Board.

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Current Issue
The current issue, (Volume 31, no. 3, 2021), includes 6 research articles, 1 position paper, 3 field reports along with 2 book reviews. The research articles, field reports and position paper cover a wide array of topics including a critical review of children’s right to participate in playground development, nature’s role in children’s everyday science learning, barriers to nature engagement for youth of color, creating a child-friendly neighborhood in Iran, designing hospital environments to improve the psychological wellbeing of pediatric patients, peer conflict in a nature preschool during outdoor and indoor play, leveraging land manager-educator partnerships to overcome barriers to outdoor environmental education, children’s need for pocket parks, exploring the use of citizen science and technology to connect preschool classrooms, and understanding youth civic engagement in the aftermath of a mass shooting.

OUR TEAM

ADVISORY BOARD

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD